plural weirdos
: a person who is extraordinarily strange or eccentric
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Examples of weirdo in a Sentence
Noun
one of those weirdos that the rest of the town always seemed to be talking about
Adjective
he saw some weirdo lights in the sky and immediately concluded that it had to be a UFO
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Kant, Fichte, and Hegel were all world-historic moral weirdos; Kant was famously celibate, but Schelling, with Goethe as his wingman, ended up stealing Schlegel’s wife.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
The ceremony is overseen by someone in a Ku Klux Klan costume and attended by a collection of weirdos, including a young man in drag — not Divine, as Waters had not yet met his future muse.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
Myriad theories about aliens, wormholes, government cover-ups, and time travel are proffered by a menagerie of weirdos—fanatical researchers, ex-government officials, huckster media personalities.
—Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
For all you macabre-loving weirdos, HorrorHound Weekend is a great opportunity to meet other fans and industry professionals, participate in costume contests, get an autograph from a celebrity slasher and more.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
The first episode dropped in April 2023, and over the course of months, Giamatti and Asma built a loyal audience of fellow weirdos.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024
The findings unveil new bodily functions and possible complex communication in an understudied animal weirdo.
—Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024
Riedl is one of those weirdos who remained a conservative after 2016.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
This Rapunzel-like weirdo (adorably played by the director’s daughter, Apple Farrelly) has been following Ricky’s Instagram profile, and can’t wait to meet the guy Dean says has been saving the world with Bono.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
Adjective
Transparency backfires because of her fans' weirdo entitlement.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
Dismukes is a cowboy weirdo hassling fellow bar patron Thompson.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2023
The two connected and developed a lasting bond as weirdo outsiders adjacent to the scene.
—Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2023
This is Scandinavian business weirdo Gustav Magnar Witzøe, who became a billionaire when his father gifted him half of a salmon company.
—Vulture, 1 May 2023
Suddenly this whole domain of organisms that had been relegated to weirdo environments turn out to do fine in normal habitats, says Fuhrman.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
In fact, the best song on Pleased To Meet Me is named after and based on lovable weirdo Chilton, who did a trial production session with the band in the early stages of Tim but was replaced by the Ramones’ Tommy Ramone (more on that in a moment).
—Jonathan Cohen, Spin, 21 Sep. 2023
In fact, last year the Urus accounted for 58 percent of Lamborghini's overall worldwide sales, the triumph of the weirdo off-roader.
—Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 4 Sep. 2023
Keaton, in other words, makes Wayne a rather likable weirdo — one of Burton’s signature sympathetic misfits.
—Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
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“Weirdo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weirdo. Accessed 24 May. 2024.
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weirdo
nounˈwi(ə)rd-ō
plural weirdos
: a strange person
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